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PMMENCING iMPROVE-
IN OUR STORE IT
BE NECESSARY TO
ITOE OUR PRESENT
TOOK TO I RALF
ITS 'SIZE.
LVE pEct-DED
MkJ VHS TEE
AIE OF THE SEASON.
will be such as toal
grotiify every buy -
the Sale will contain
Classesof the
GOODS.
VLY QUOTE A FEW
PARTICULARS :
lENADIls.ZE at 9-3:, cente per yard,
price 200.
['RIPE BRONZE, at 10A cents per
mular price,. 22 cents.,
!LORED LITSTRES, at 121 cents par
bgu1ax price 20 cents.
iCADED GOODS. at 16, IS, 20,. arel
Ls, worth 25 and Se centa,
VSTRE at 15 centa, worth 22 °eats.
1S—A full sized. Parasol for 25 can,
Dr to any ia tawn at 40 cents.
:a PRINT, at 6, 8„ 10„ and 121- cents r
20 and 16 cents, .„
>VCRS at 15•, 18, and 20 e&xto, Worth
l 25 cents. , -
WHITE GOTTONB at GretIy Re-'
'cm
can at Prices next to Nailing.
TILING_ELSE ON THE
SAME SCALE.
cola(unit Country .Peopte
he Great &hate at 'Vont*
re, the 777. �o Not
Centis Worth .Ehie-
here tin yoit have aeon
our bargains,: a Ounce
at 'Which %Vitt con -
nee you tha
e 777'a is.
place
to
S. end ItEour
oney.
Not the First Time we have
en every other Store in Soli-
ng Cheat -4 and in the
present Competition
777 WILL
AGAIN TRIUMPH'
te Eari to the Sak
ALL & COil
Street, Sea -Orli'
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TENT R YEA It.
WROLE No. SO4.
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MUM EseriteriE FOR SALE.
'poet SALE.—For Sale, a newfraine cottage and
one-fifth of an aerelot, situated on North Main
Street, Seaforth, cheap for cash or on easy terms, as
the owner is leaving Seaforth. Apply to IA,
STRONG, Land Agent. 498
V• ARM FOR SATM.—For sale, Let No. 30, Cop.
yessillop, containing 50 acres, 15 of which
are cleared, the balance well timbered. Is situated
oue mile from gravel road, and convenient to
churches, schools, &c. Price $1,800. Apply to A
STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. 491
FFOR SALE. -100 acres, 85 cleared, being
Lot 31, Con. 3, Usborne, Colmty of Huron; good
soil, well watered, well fenced, splendid orchard ;
ffehi,1 house adjoining; two-storyhtick house and
g outbuildings. For particulars address RUB -
SELL T. ROSS, Rodgerville, Ont. 496x8
VOR Salr;FI.—A two storey frame house and out/
buildings, situated on the Market Square ot
Seaforth, for sale or to rent. The building is very
suitable for a boarding house or a public :business.
For particulars apply to W. N. WATSON, Sea/
forth, or to DANIEL GORDON, Goderich. 493
'HOUSE FOR SALE.—A Great Bargain. Thati
desirable house with new additions and
acre lot, on Rattenb' ury street, Clinton,-9rooms.
Splendid hard and soft water tanks, cellar, woo&
shed, and unusual conveniences on the premises.
Apply to the undersigned, Dr. APPLETON •
Minton. - 501-13 1
FARE FOR SALE. --For &ale, West half of Lo I
9, Con. 9, Hallett, contaihing:50 acres, 40 acres
are well cleared, without stumps, and in a good
state of cultivation, being well underdrained ; on
the premises there is a new frame house 2102,
frame barn and two frame stables, also a good
hearin' a orchard and never -failing well with purap.,
Apply to DAVID HILL, -on the premises or to
Constance P. 0. 50Y -4.x.
FARM FOR SAL-FL—For Sale, Westhalf of Lot
6, Con. 3, H. R. S., Tuckersmith, containing 50
acres, -nearly the whole of which is cleared, well
fenced and in a first-olase state of cultivation ;
there is a good frame barn good orchard and,
plenty of water; is within 2 'ales of the Town of
Seaforth, with a gravel road leading past the farm.
For particulars apply to the proprietor on the
premises or to Egmondville P, 0. ADAM SHOL-
DICE. 500
17ARM FOR SALE.—For -stile a desirable farm
-*; -within.3 miles of Seaforth, near the Northern
Gravel Road, -containing 48 acres, about 40 acres
cleared and mgood condition, also good buildings
and orchard well watered. Price $4,600. Also a
desirable coantryresidence, with first .class build-
ings:worth :3000,beautifally situated,containing 50
acres, and within one and. a halt miles of Seaforth.
For further particulars apply to A. STRONG, Land
Agent, Seaforth. • 501
VALUABLE PROPERTY IN ITARPURHEY,—
v
For Sale, a comfortable /rearm dwelling house,
with about 2f acres of land attached. Good stable,
well and other convenience. There are a number
of choice young fruit trees of various kinds. The
buildings are all in good 'repair, and the land is
dean and in good order. The property is pleasant-
ly situated. Also two park lots containing 4 acres
each, well adapted for market gardening. For
farther partieulars apply to the proprietor on the
premises., or to Seaforth Post Office. MOSES
BURLING. 501
1
-WARM FOR SALE.—For Salle, Lot 26, Con. 2,
Tuacrsmith, containing 160 acres i;f excellent
land, aboat 70 of which are al ared, the balance is
goocl hardwood bush; frame house, frarae barn
and stable; an orchard, good convenient to
schools, churches, &c. Issituttted about 6 miles
from Seaforth and. 1 mile from, Brueefield station,
on a good gravel road. For i further, partieulars
apply to the proprietor on the Premises, or if by -
letter to Brucetield P. 0. TELOALkS ,MUNRO,
Tackersmith. 492x13
VALUABLE FARM FOlt.g.itt
.—For Sale, Lot
22, Con. 2, Usborne, containing 100 acres of
first-class land, 80 of which are cleared, well fenced
and. thoroughly drained, the balance -is good hard-
wood bush; there is a frame house with kitchen,
sitting room, 3 bed rooms and. cellar; a frame barn
40x60 with stone and brick basement, comprising
stable, cattle shed and sheep house; a briek hog
pen 14x20, also a nice young bearing orchard and
splendid. well. Is situated 8i miles from Exeter,
11 miles from a school and elose to a clinrch. For
ftu-ther particulars apply to THOMAS CORNISH,
Exeter. 1 500-4
Grasahopre
age to the cr ps
the County loe11.
—The ha cro
-Quebec has eeu
_bat it has en a
• —Hon.
panied by his
Ottawa on •uesd
Ialand.
—Mr. Jo
ham, is buil
tory for wo
vicinity of
lington.
—A vote
of Harristo
on a by -la
expended. in
gine.
—The D nkin
carried in t
land by a m
A similarby
the County
—The Cr
two engines
fenders are
sary for the
Woodstock
—The Sa
Canade int
convention
ettiada.
ave done serious dam -
the northern part of
stings. I I
in the Province of
b very light this year,
ved in good condition.
exander Mackenzie, accom-
nvate . secretary, left
d
y, for Prince Edwar
cLean, late Of 'Wing-
s!. planing mill and fac-
king machinery, in the
n the County of Wel-' i
,
; I
e taken n the, village
ut the 20th of August,
raising $5,000 to be
sing a steam fire en -
Act •
by-law has been
unty of Northumber-
of over two thousand.
an also been oarried in
nt. •
alley Railway has 'now
onstruCtion work, and
for the material neces-
etion of ,the road from
ersoll.
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ing
d wo
rin,
ill
, ab
for
pure.
e C
jorit
law
f K
dit
for
lle
om
o In
bath
• nd
in
10th and 1 th o
Ham F. Smellie.
Fergus.
—About two eelis Iago, while ,Mr.
Thomas EL Mc 0 aerie, of Omethee,liwas
diggiig a dram i • his garden, he, found a
pot of gold contaa ing 65 guineas. When
or by whom it w s put there no person
in the neigh orb
—Hr. O. V. Smith, formerly of Fer-
gus, has been find $25 and $5. 50 costs,
by Mount ore t Magistrates, for ad-
vertising a d p actising as a regular
qualified v term ry surgeon, without
having a. d plo a authorizing -himi so
to do. I
--At the last meeting of the Paris
Town Court i1, tb
ders for tw n
stone abut ents
Hills; for he
e c
I
School Association of
holding their:, annual
tuelph, on the 9th,
October 'mkt.
Couftt,y Secretary, at
;
od knows. 1 • I
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bridges will
months.
—The over or -General and' , the
Countess of Iuffe in left Ottawa on Mon-
ey last fo St. Pani, via Detroit and.
Chicago, and t • ence will prosteeedby
Fisher's Landing to Winnipeg, ::where
.they are expecte to arrive on the 6th
or 7th of Au st. , 1
—On We nes ay last, Mr. Jas. Wat-
son, of the 6th line, Warwick, killed,
when mowiee ha on the farm of Mr.
Elisha Sund r, lot 17; con. 14, township
of Brooke, an enor iaoUS milk snake, whieh
measured 8 et 3 inches in length, "and
3 inches in d ame er.
—A.• little dauhter of Mr. Tho as
Stephenson, of aris, fell into the !mill
race istethat towi, on Wednesday even-
ing of last w ek, nd was drowned. The
little girl, 'el o w s about four years of
age, was pl ying on the bank of the
stream when she ell in. - 1 j
—A Ghee e e bibition, lunder the
auspices of he 1 airymen's !Association
of Western Ont rio, will be held at
Stratford, o Tu sday, Wednesday and
Thursday, eptember 18th, 19th and
ere was accepted ten -
w iron bridges, with
and piers, from Mr.'
um of $24,000. The
pleted in about four
• 20th. A nu ber of valuable prizes are
LARGE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, that offered for compe ition. Mr. J. C. Heg-
beautiful farm, comprising Lot 26, Con. 12,
sad the earth three-quarters c)f Lot 26, Con. 11,
175 acres in all, situated in the Township of Me-
Killop, (lonnty of Huron, on the leading gravel
road, midway between, Seaforth and 13russels. The
farm is in a goodrtate of cultivation, well fenced
and watered, and convenient to ehurch and school;
135 acres are cleareti and the balance hardwood
timber. On the farm is a dwelling house, good
outbuildings, and e, young orchard. For further
particulars teldeess SAMUEL HANNA, Oil City,
Pennsylvania, IJ. S. 473
ler, of Strati
—Mr. Ott
of Waterloo,
of hay from
ling an 4ggre
• to th
rd,
K1
this
a
ate
! weather is favora
, as heavy a yield f
s secretary.
tz, of Preston, County
year harvested .14 tons
res of land, thus mak-
ield of over five ions
Klotz expects, if the
le, the land .will give
r the second crop.
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•
—A barn bel•nging to Mr. John
Thompson, 1 t 1 , concession 2, of Oar -
.rick, was stn ck y lightnineband burn-
ed with nearly al its contents, consisting
of about 15 t ns if hay and several farm-
ing irnpleme ts. o rapid were the flamed
that a wagon loa ed. with hay could :not
be removed. ,
—Mr. Joh Pi e, of the township of
Guelph, has ne f the finest calves in
the Provinc It is a thoroughbred
heifer calf, w s sx months old on the
11
29th of July, ant on that day showed
the extraordibary weight of 628 pounds.
It h h d dt ing in the iape of
oo e u si mo her' s milk and. scans
hay.
—Mr. W . utherford, of . South
.Dumfries, ne r G enmorris, died sudden-
ly on the 29th ult. Deceased was a na-
tive of Roxhargl shire, Scotland, where
he remained till 1 e came to Canada in
the year 1830. • e bad for 47 yrrs
occupied the fern upon which . d ed,
VARMS FOR, SALE.—For Sale Lot No: 30, Con-
-1- cession 7, Hibbert, ciontainbass 100 itores. Also
East half of Lot 80, Coneession 6, containing 50 '
acres. There are 80 acres cleared land in a good
state of cultivation on the formerand 35 acres
cleared on the hater. First class buildings on the '
largo farm, but no buildings on the small. Is six
miles from Seafortit and convenient to Sehools.
The false is one of the best in the county of Perth, `
and is within 3 miles of the Grand Trunk and 6 1
miles cA the Loudon, Huron and Bruce Railways.
There are three spriug wells au the large farm and
a living spring on the small one. The two farms
will be sold separately or together, For further I
particulars apply to the proprietor Cmonbrook.
JOHN McCONNELL. 502
VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY FOE SALE.—
The propertv is situated ou the ToSvu Plot of
Grey, about miles from Ethel statiOn, on the
Southern Extension of the Wellington, Grey and
Bruce Railway. The nuiehinery consists of 35 -
horse engine, 40 -horse 5 -flue boiler, large cireular
edging and butting saws, shingle and heading ma-
chine and. shingle jointer. The Machinery is all -
first -class, and has only been running about a year r
and eight months. This is a rare ehance for men
of tapital, as there is a good Weal trade, and any ;
quantity of Timber of alt kinds to be had. Satis- '
f t • - ti •
ou apelication to (SAllitOW BROTHERS G •
Post °ince. N. B.—All notes and accdunts over-
due must be settled at once, and save trouble and
expense. 475
having taken it u svben it was all dense
TLC 014 lett OLIS OA CM for selliug. particulars i 1 bush
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For
✓ gale, Lots Nos. 24, 25 /Lila '26, in the 9th Con -
Cession of McKillop, containing 200 aeres,- about
80 of which are cleared, well fenced and in a good
state ef cultivation; the balance is we41 timbered
with the best of hardwood. There is a new frame
house with stone foundation, also a itaiiis stable
and log barn ; there is also another frathe dwelling •
house on the place. A bearing orchard of 150 trees,-
also a young orchard with ,same number. Plenty
of good water. Is ot. the northern gravel road, 5
miles from Seafortlis and adjoins the village of
Winthrop, in which. are all village conveniences,.
including a eheese factory, saw and grist mills Also
the building known as Ifirunah's; Hotel. The
property will be sold in one parcel or in lots to suit
Purehasers. Apply to the proprietor on t he •
premiss.: or to Winthrop Post Office. ROBERT
11A.NN.1/1, Proprietor. 485-4X
VARNI VOlt 'ALE.-.-d.'or Sale, Lot 3, Oon. g,
In, Tulit•rsinith, vOntidning 100 acres, 80.
(11 whisk are (+Area and in a good state Of eultiva-
ULM, die 1.4 wen timbered with the best of
harltise,s1; there is a liret-class brick IMuse 38x28,
kitehen 94-d--, with stone ctilar under both house
and kitehen ; at ,,rood frame barn 60x40, driving
loess- 4ssati, with stone basement and E.:ad:0
houses the whole length of both buildings ; leading
from the rattle hosts, Is:low is a largo root /muse,
2t140, thes out tits solid bank„ built Of solid stone
and liine and arched -over with lnick, an,' is frost
proof ; th.-re are. 3 wellS,. each -about 40 feet deep,
built ap with brick, and are never -failing, spriugs of.
water ; there is a good. orchard of apples, pears,
Plums, elierries, grapes, and small fruits ; also
about 30-0 roe& of drains with tiles carefully laid
down ; the stables are all floored with. stone,- Care-
- fully, aisl evenly laid also bu.a- • barn 48x28, and 2
stables. Is situattst Tiniles from Exeter,. 10 frem
Seaforth. and 2 From Tientsin station. .Convenient
to sellouts and churches. Ttql1114—:itili000 to be
paid down, the remainder tn snit purchasers. Ap-
'Ay to titi pruprietaar on the premises or to Hensall
P. O. WM. STONEMAN• 496-4
—T• he Reform
, have decided to
demonstration in
. an early . date, of
be given. lion.
ceptecl an invitat
it is expecte 1 t
the Dominion an
will also put n a
cosign.
—Farmers and
ful in attacing
ments tender d b
James Gibbo s,
an agency or
GrinLrs" lat -ly,
tendered to .ini
now turos 011
agreement is otl
soryinafe for $18
ter date.
—On Frid• y la
tion, a reside-nt
old enough t kn
exprees train goi
at least 20 mil
does not sto a
struck the pi tfo
and rolled ov r
along the pla for
came within n
ed under the ea
have escaped hist
his escape was m
and limped off
shaken up. To
rash experiment,
hielife on this o
•
•
rs of South A- at er oo
hold, a ;grand political
a grove near Galt, at
which due notice Will
Mr. Mackenzie has ae-
on to) be present, ,and
at other menabers of
Ontario Governments
appearance on the oc
others should be cere-
their names to docu- .
oily -tongued agents.
ving near Acton, teok
he sale of "Section
and he signed a _paper
as an ;agreement. It
thet the harmless
ing less than a promis-
, payable ten days af-
t, at the Dandes" Sta-
f Greensville, who is
w better, jumped dff an
g west at the rate of
s an hour and which
Dundas. When he
in he was deublecl up
ball,and. as he spun
like a teetotum he
ch or two of being roll-
s, where he could. not
•nt death. As, it was
rvelous, and be got up
eryepauch bruised and
• d ro the danger of the
the party who risked
casion did not even
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3. 1877.
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4
RULE AN Hit OTHE R s , -PH bii it et*.
ft 30 a Year, 1 &advance.
• I
Mr. Whitehead that conktruction trsin
will be run from here o Shelley, 31 miles
eait of Red River, on the lst of Septein-
ber, seems likely to be fulfilled. 1
—Among the arrivals at Winnipeg re-
pels* were the Rev. essrs. Casson and. •
Bfthnviostchrc
clergymen
n onnected with the
M
former will be
stationed at Selkirk, yhere inewohurIch
vrill shortly be erecte and the latter
will &anise Rev. Mr. Geiman in Wintii-
peg- .
—A. notorious horse thief named. Pete
Matt,. who had just completed a term in
the penitentiary for stealing horses, re-
cta* ran off anotherdreve of five ani -
male from Fort McLeod. Matt was ac-
companied by two young half-breed wo-
men, and aboy, and it was believed the
party had one either to the Black Hills,
°onion or Winnipeg. I A reward of $200
ie car:ad for their capture.
•
—Major Walsh, of the. Mounted Th -
Force, being at Fort Benton on the
1001b, reported there that after the de -
'pasture of Father Martin, Sitting Bull
eeltrrendered hie arms and ponies and
remised to behave himself, in consid-
eration of being allowed to remain ,in
she British possessions. Subsequently
Pome years ago, while living in Ayr, the major restored to the Indians all
up his abode in Welland, where he was
d•HReytdheern toobukt *air ponies and enough arms and amma.
shortlyafterawdoems earnt e dnhaemr .e
married to a highly respectable young
woman named Ellen White, with whom
take his jump from the last car'but
plunged headlong for the platform from
about the centre of the train. Probably
he. has had a lesson which he will never
forget. I I
—As Miss Lobb, of Oshawa, a niece
of Hon. T. N. Gibbs'Was driving near
the Grand Trunk station on Saturday,
her horse took fright and ran away,
throwing her Out, breaking her leg be-
low the knee; and driving the bones
through the flesh. •
— In the township of Binbroek, co nty
of Wentworth, there resides two men by
the name of Wm. Grundy and Benjamin
Martin. These two have not been on
good terms for some time past. Grundy
has a valuable mare, vilit'h is out at pas-
ture. Martin, it appears, knew of this,
and recently caueht her, and assisted by
another villain, as is alleged, poured vit-
rol over her, and inflicted the most seri-
ous injuries.
— On Saturday, July 21st, -Mrs. Eliza-
beth Weeds died at Mannheim, Wilmot
township, at the advianced. age of 91
yea.rs, y months and 21 days. On Tiles -
day her remains were interred at Rose -
bank cemetery, in the presence of nu-
merous relatives an4 acquaintances.
As near as can be ascertained, her pro-
geny runs as follovie : Children, 9;
grand -children, 68; great -grand !chil-
dren, 148; great -great -grand children,
nine. '
—The body of a young girl named
Lizzie Moore, aged. about 17, was found
floating in the old Welland Canal,Inear
the site of the Welland Vale Menefee -
Miring Company's works, St. Cathannes,
on Friday, evening: Deceased was em-
ployed. es a servant inl the family of a
Mrs. Fitzgerald, and had been missing
since about 1 o'clock. floe unfrequented
locality in which the body was found
leads to the conclusion that she must
have committed suicide or been foully
dealt with,. 1
' —The manY friends of Hon. Mr.
Blake will be pleased to learn; that his
health is rapidly improving, and that he
expects to be able to visit his constituents
in South Bruce at no distant date, for
the purpose of addressing them on the
questions of the day. : We are informed
that be has promised also to address a
public meeting in London, under the
auspices of the Liberal Club of that
city, and it is quite 'possible that he
may be induced to speek in one or two
other places. 1
,
—The saw mill and shingle factory
belonging to Snyder & Gross, of Dork-
ing, Waterloo County, were, on the
night of the 21st ult, totally consumed
by fire, together with a quantity of lum-
ber, shingles, &c.; heavy loos; no in-
surance. The present proprietors of the
mill heve had bad luck with regard to
accidents. One year ago she burst her
boiler, wrecking the mill and killing
the fireman; about a year before
there was a sawyer instantly killed, be-
sides numerous other accidents` of less
account.
.. —The tree caterpillars have only dis-
appeared for.a season, and will !soon be
seen in theshispe of white moths. Just
now they may be found on the trees, in
the corners of houses, and such places,
where they have made for themselves a
temporary dwelling of a couple of leaves,
and encased themselves in a cocoon
much like that of a silkworm. As soon
,
as they become moths, they will com-
mence laying eggs, which will be seen
in bracelets round the limbs of trees,
and each of which will develop into
about a coffPle of hundred crawlers next
year. I 1 1 •
•*--A young son of Mr. Mitchelltree, a
well-to-do butcher of London, bids fair
to beconte.a formidable rival of the cele-
brated Blind Tom. He is totally blind,
seven years of age, and plays on numer-
ous instruments. Shonld he . once hear
a tune, no matter how difficult, be will
in a short time after wards repeat it with
scarcely an error. He became blind
through disease when an infant, and it
was while recovering that he showed a
strong; predilection for all kinds of musi-
cal instruments. .
—At this particular ime, when tem-
perance is being agitat d thi-oughout the
country, anything that will have a ten-
dency to promote the ause of temper-
ance is readily noted and acted on. A.
"Virgins' Tempera,nc Crusade" has
been epened at Newer , and their meet-
ings are crowded nightly The members
are unmarried, and are equired to pledge
themselves not to .keepj company or as-
sociate with any youug man who is ad- •
dieted to the use of intoxicating liquors.
How would such a soeiety prosper in
this locality? 1
—St. Patrick's National Association
of Montreal has passed resolutions to
the effect that Mayor Beaudry acted
with wisdom and firmness in not un-
necessarily calling out the volunteers on
the 12th ; that Orange societies have es-
tablished a dangerous Precedent in im-
porting armed Orangemen to that • city,
thereby endangering the lives of peace-
ful citizens, and they took advantage of
a,n unfottuuate circiunstance to make an
iusultieg and threatening display on the
16th ; that the three magistrates who
took the respoesibility of ordering out
the volunteer8 on the I6t1i acted with
dangerous indiscretion, ev hich might have -
resulted in consequences as serious as the
Pennsylvania riots. it .
—On Monday morning a couple of
tramps -held high carnival at the rem -
deuce of Mr. Donald Campbell, in
Guelph Township, about four miles from
Guelph town. It appe,ars that shortly
after Mr. Campbell left his residence,
driving, be met a couple of . " seeds,"
whom he accasted, and asked them if
they wished work. They replied that
they did not, as they had work on the
railway. He drove 013,, and the tramps,
knowing that he was aay from home,
made direct to his residence. On ar-
riving there, they accosted. Mrs. Camp --
bell, and stated that t ey wished some
money. On being told that there was
none in the house, they assumed a defi-
ant attitude, and infotened her that if
she raised any outcry while they were
ransacking the house, they would beat
her brains out. Thoroughly frightened
she remained perfectly quiet while the
L.,
, 1
villains searched the house, ani they
succeeded in finding $10 in money and a
pair of boots that suited their fan° . The
parties then left. When M r. Camp ell re-
turned home shortly afterwards, e was
informed of what happened, an with
blood boiling over with resentment, he
gave the alarm to the neighbors, and all
turned out to hunt the scoundrels. Trace
was got of them, and they were chased
into a bush, where they escaped.
—Some days ago, two gentlemen be-
longing to Hamilton, one a nierchant
and the other a druggist, made a wager
upon A rather novel question. A. bets
B. that there will never be anothe Cen-
tennial celebration on the other jide of
the line—that ere another century passea
away the Government will be mon ar hical.
A. accepts the wager, and the m ney—
$10—is deposited in one of our ba ks, to
be given the heirs or assignees of tl4e bet-
ting parties. It will amount to a small
fortune in 99 years.
— The prospect for an unusualled boun-
tiful harvest of grapes this year is! most
excellent. The vines are loaded so
heavily that it is a treat to seel them
'even now. The owners of the vinyards
are in good spirits, and not only ntici-
pate a heavy yield of fruit, but al o that
the wine tna.de will be notably superior
to the vintages of the average eason.
It is Trobable that the demand for rapes
will be strong, as dealers in Toronto and
elsewhere are already making arrange-
ments for speedy supplies in ver large
quantities. Early ripened. fruit wi I soon
be in the market.
—the Teeswater News says: " We
have examined specimens of fall wheat
from a number of farms, and mu t say
a better sample was never laid e es on.
A head of Treadwell, picked at r ndom
from a field in Mr. Alex. McKee'sj farm,
counted 35 grains to the head, an31 will
average at least 40 bushels to th acre.
One from a field of Senec on
Mr. Hadwen's farm, ' counte4 57,
and will produce fully 50 bushels o the
acre. The berry is pliunp. bright and
heavy. Nearly all the farins in the neigh-
borhood show a like result."
— On Tuesday afternoon, a hot who
was - athering potato bugs on the f rm of
Mr. Melvin, north of the village e Tees -
water, went into a new dwelling which
Mr. Melvin had been !erecting, , and
which was just about -comp1ete1 and
ready to be occupied,—for the, pu ose of
getting a few shavings to burn the bugs.
It appears after lighting his fire he threw
the match on the floor, sunposin it to
be out, but in a few moments it t the
shavings on the floor on fire. Hel tried
tkput itout by stamping on it, ailing
to -o so, he went for assistance, lid re-
turned in time to find the building early
i
consumed.
— A short time ago, la man amed
John Doole, a resident of Wood tock,
walked out of the window of his house
While in a state of somnamtiulis and
-.stained severe injuries_ So bad y was
the unfortunate man hart, that it was
determined to have him removed to the
Toronto General Hospital as soon as it
could be done with any degree of safety.
Accordingly Doole wee brought to that
,
city on Wednesday and taken to the
hospital, where he now lies. The man's
lower limbs are paralyzed, and he is
otherwise bruised about the body, but is
progressing favorably.
--About 7 o'clock on unday evening,
a barn on the premises of Mie James
Cowan, lot 20, 12th concession • Noah
Dumfries, was, destroyed by lightning.
The thunderbolt struck a heap of straw
which was in front of the barn, a d in a
moment the whole place was in a Iblaze.
The loss is heavy, there being iln the
barn at the time about ten tons o hay,
three loads of barley, and three loads of
el heat, and all the valuable farmieg im-
plements, excepting a reaper, that was
in a shed at the time the fire broke out,
and was removed. ' The barn was insur-
ed in the Dumfries Mutual Fire name
ance Company for. $1,200.
—The body of an unknown ma was,
a feve evenings ago, discovered in a small
creek which runs across lot 21, fir t con-
cesaion, London township, known as
\Judge Elliott's farm, about two 'miles
from the citk, A gentleman, Iwhile
driving in the vicinity, noticed al man
apparently. stooping down to tljke a
drink.. His suspicions being arou ed by
the man remaining perfectly motienkss,
he hastily proceeded to the scene, and
found the body lifeless, although e et in
posi-
ifhhade
ng in
s the
this
f the
tbe creek,.quite warm. From the
tion he occupied, it would seem as
had attempted to get a drink"; an
taken a fit whilt in the act, drown
three inches of water. This mak
second unknown. man found dead o
I farm within three weeks..
F - —The Toronto *correspondent
Stratford .Herald says :- "From lhat I
can hear I aut sure the act will be ciried
by a large, probably an enormous, ajor-
ity. Old Rye has lost caste. Hardened
drinkers, who haye been more or less on
the batter all their lives, are now down
on whiskey. They will still drink it,
but many of them hope (they would pray
if they hadn't forgotten how) ehat the bill
will be carried so that the teuiptatiop now
staring them at every corner may e re-
moved'. Revivals, as a general thi g,are
humbugs but the anti -whiskey revival
. in this instance is positively marv lions.
,
Whether the passage of the act s1iI be
prodeative of good or not, none oai tell
. Just now ; but sure it is that it camluotdo .
I harm, and on,that ground alone thous-
ands will vote for it." - -
—The Galt .Reporter says: Mr. John '
Hunter,who with his family left South
Dumfries for Manitoba about th_e begin-
ning Of June last, says of that con try :
The quality of the land isallone c n de-
sire, and the crops here cat the Po tage)
look very well at present iexcept•on some
farms that are much flooded with tbe un-
nsual heavy rains with Which the coun-
try is visited. It has rained' alm st ev-
ery day since I came here, and the roads
are very had, and travelling ve y fa-
tiguing. Be adds : "If I had
come through in Ontario w at • I
have cc. -me through here,,I would iot be
writing you this letter," which peaks
well for the healthiness of the climate.
He says he likes the country exceeJ1ingly
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well, and it Pleases him beyond meaaure.
He and the McLarens, Brydons, and
others have taken up land on the Plains,
about 20 miles from Palestine forming
the nucleus °f what maybe' called "the
Dumfries Plains Settlement of Manitoba."
—One night last week; as Mr. Thomas
Milliken, who lived on the townline be-
tween Adelaide and East Williams, was
proceeding along the road between Strath.
roy and his home in his wagon he met'
with an accident which resulted in his.
death in a few days afterwards. It ap-
pears that it Ibegan to rain, and Mr. Mil-
liken put np his umbrella to- protect
himself, when suddenly the horses be-
came frighteeed, jumped, and the tongue
coming out of the neckyoke caught on
the ground, ,when the unfortunate man
was thrown to the ground, striking the
back part of his head and shoulders.
He was picked up and carried to the
house of Mr. James Walker on the Main
Road, where he 'remained until his
1
dhstea—abtlOe.nfrWdpomeesday of l
Berlin arrived in Newmarket
a.st weeie a con -
with a man named `Roadhouse whom he
had arrested the preyious day on a charge
of bigamy. It appears that Roadhouse,
niti#m for hunting purpose'.
—A fanning mill pedlar while on his
way from. Winnipeg to Emerson lost a
valuable span of horses on Saturday.
he sabsequently removed to Newmarket, YU was driving in a light rigen the stage
and was residing there at the time of his toad, accompanied by two young men,
arrest. Roadhouse was arraigned before ,
Judge Millar, on a charge of bigamy, at
the instance of wife No. 1, and having;
pleaded guilty -he was sentenced to 12!
months' confinement in the Central'
Prison.
—On Satutday last a most unfortu-
nate affair happened in West Flamboro
village, resulting in 'the death of a child'
three and a half years old, son of Mr.
,,George Kent painter, of that place. It,
and attempted to °rose the ravine just
eolith of the boundary line. This ra-
vine is now quite a little river. The ve-
hicle stuck- in the mud, the horses be-
came unmanageable and could not be
1 detached from the veliiele, so had. to be
abandoned to their fatile • the men them -
'selves escaping with difficulty.
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Perth Items.
Mr. White, of St.1 Marys, this sea -
appears that the child had been unwell, son raised 22 bushels Of fall wheat from
and a doctor being called in prescribed 11 pounds soWn. The wheat is of the
some powde s—one to be taken each Eldorado variety. Ile was offered and
morning ant1 evening. On Thursday -
morning one of the powders was admin- ,
ietered, and ,in a few minutes the child!
.was seized with convulsions and died in
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refused $44 for the crep.
—Dr. Macdonald, lately of Fullartim
'village, -has located and commenced the
practice of his profession in the village
about twenty minutes. An inquest was; of Hagarsville, and hes been appointed
held when it;was diecovered that santo-1 -Coroner for the county of Halclituand.
nine powder e had been ordered by the,L. —The typhoid fey r, of which there
physician, and an analysis proved that were several cases in Stratford, is new
abating, and most of the patients who
'were ill are again about their usual avo-
cations. We have not heard of any
deaths which occurred from this camie,
the disease being of a mild type.
—A man named John Wallace, who
lives near Rockwood, while engaged
plastering the new chirch at Newry in
the township of Elms" had the misfor-
time to got his hand severely bruised by
# pole which fell on it, and crushed it
against a brick wall. He will be off
WOOL for some time.
• =—Tha library of the St. Marys
Mechanics' Institute contains 2,433
over -sight, in not Seeing the keys. A volumes, being a greater number than
basket of butter left in by a customer the similar libraries of London, Hamil-
late that night had been left upon the ton, Guelph, or Stratford. This speaks
counter until morning was taken, which well for the intelligence of the people'of
gives the theft appearance of having been St. Marys, even. if their town councillors
committed by some one not having far to do pummel each otherloccasionally.
travel. Two pieces of worsted coating, —Mr. et W. Pierson, Inspector of
valued at $4 per yard, were also among Weights and Measurefor the county
the goods taken. So far, Mr. Allan has of Perth, died at his residence in St.
not the slightest clue to the thieves. 1 Marys on Wednesday night of last week.
this had been by some means mixed with
strychnine ih the wholesale drug -store;
after which. lit passed through. several
hands. Druggists cannot be too careful.
—On Friday night of last week, the
store of A. Si! Allan, of Clifford, was bur-
glarized of dry goods and jewelery,tothel
extent of b4ween $200 and $300. An
entrance had been effected by pulling off
the guards of the cellar window and pass-
ing up stairs to the store. The Veeitiao
blinds which had been left up,were found
closed down in the morning. The safes
containing $160, with the keys lying eltr
top was untouched, probably from an
—Between 9 and 10 o'clock last Satur- Deceased had been suI ering for nearly
four weeks from a moije than ordinarily
severe attack of typh id fever, which,lit
is supposed, he eantraCted while at Strat-
ford attending the dutlies of his office. I
,-One day last week, a farmer named
day evening aecrowd of roughs surround-
ed. the house of Mr. Campbell, Point St.
Charles, near Montreal, whose wife
and daughter identified McAllister
and Ryan as the two. who shot
Elliott, and began throwing heavy stones , Archibald Taylor, liVing near Forest,
into the windows. Revolvers were tired 1 thought he would tiave himself the
and for a time it seemed as if the crowd
intended to break in and murder the oc-
cupants.. 111 rs. Campbell was nearly ter -
trouble of walking to the station to take
the train. So he bethought him of
hoisting a red rag on a stick. The train
rifled out of her senses. An alarm being was stopped and Archy chuckled over
given, Serjeaet Richardson and 28 police the success of his ruse. When Messrs.
proceeded to the scene, but long before , Hart,Jones and Rawliiigs,Justices of the
that the cowardly 'mob had .fled, and Peace, of St. Marys, fined him $3 and $5
there were ouly half a dozen people there costs, he came, to the conclusion that
when the offieers arrived. After remain- there was no fan in th'e thing after all.
ing there some tune, ;Serjeant Richardson —On Friday last the members of dee
left a serjeanc and four men in charge of -wingham quoiting club visited Listowel,
the place. He state e that be went into 1 and played a friendly game at quoits.
Mrs. Campbell's house, and picked up a Quite a number of townspeople turned
brick wh ich, baying been thrown through , out to see the fun, and felt highly inter -
the window, lay upon the floorested, not only in the game, but en the
—The Galt Reporter of last week says : broadest of broad Scotch in which the
The bulk of the fall -wheat in South : players indulged, proclaiming unmistak-
Waterloo will be housed this week, a ably to what nationality the game be
greatdeal having been hauled under longs. The result of the game was
cover within the pastfew days. Barley quite satisfactory to the home team, who
is also pretty generally cut, although a
few. fields are still standing. Of both
these grains -the crop is a good one—that
of wheat being better than has been har-
vested in this part of Ontario for many
ii
years. While the- yield n quantity is transient traders. Mr. Williamson
large, the (polity is also excellent, and ' thought it hard that atter a residence in
we • have beard of very few farms the town of over 15 years be should be
beat their competitors by 60 to 25.
—On Wednesday of last week, John
RI Williamson was charged before the
Stratford Police Magistrate with an in-
fraction of the by-law with. reference to
on which the sample is not very good. brought up on such a
We observe_ that ip the neighboriug been holding a sale of
County of Oxford the papers claim that
said were his own, an
the yield of Mil wheat veill this year av-
right to auction off his
erage 35 bushels to, the acre over the
whole County; and while we are inclined
to set this down as.being a high estimate,
we believe that in this neighborhood
judging from, what the farmers say, it
will not fall much short of averaging 30
bushels to tliel acre. 1
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1111Sinitob:a Notes.
[Fitox THE FREE PBPSS OF army 213
Gteat preparations are being made
in Winnipeg and other centres "'for the
reception of Lord and Lady Dufferin, on
the occasion of theievisit to Manitoba:
—Mr. T. , H. Parr, city engineer,
planted some, peas in his garden on the
bleF.ridWayh,owithout hobu7
Queen's Birthday, a:d on Saturday last,
being of sufficient rowth, they formed
one of the dishes on Mr. Parr's dinner
ta
betthat?
nat o?ise or public easily exceed the above figures, say 35
demonstration, the contractor for the to 40 bushels to the eere. Other cereals
' Pembina Branch, :sIr. Whitehead, com- look remarkably well, especially where
mended grading behipd the St. Boniface ram was abundant. Flax is not so heavy
cathedral, and on ithe following day as last season, being rather on the short
° grading at the depot grounds opposite side, the frost having done consid.erablfa
Point Douglas, making some seven camps 'harm to it as well as to potatoes. Oats,
of working parties distributed along the peas, spring wheat and barley are doing
line between there and the main line at well. Turnips are not doing so well in
the crossing df Cook's Creek, where the-', Elma and. Grey for want oft rain. A
junction is to be. The locomotive and. 1 small/1y has also done an amount of
cars are on the way, and. the promise of e harm to that tender plant.
charge. Ile had
pictures vshieh he
be claimed. the
own goods. In-
asmuch as his name doe not appear on the
assessment roll for the current year, the
Police Magistrate held that defendant
was a transient trader and should have
taken out a license. Fined $50 and
costs. Some other '`transients," who
had just stirted selling off goods by
auction, took the hint p.rid suddenly left
taonw—anvtliraegheaoycrop in this county is about
one, and has been pretty well
saved, owing to the fine weather. Fall
wheat, in every section of the country
looks well and promises an abundant
yield,. notwithstanding the damage done
by the late June frost.; Upon close cal-
culation, the townships; of Elma, Grey,
Logan, Mornington, 'Maryborough and.
Wallace will average 25 or 30 bushels
per acre. Of,course, certain fielas may
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